1979 IAAF World Cup

Template:Short description The 2nd IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on August 24–26, 1979, at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Overall results

Men Pos. Team Result 1 United States 119 2 Europe 112 3 East Germany 108 4 Soviet Union 102 5 America 98 6 Africa 84 7 Oceania 58 8 Asia 36

Women Pos. Team Result 1 East Germany 106 2 Soviet Union 98 3 Europe 88 4 United States 76 5 America 68 6 Oceania 47 7 Africa 30 8 Asia 26

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Template:Flagathlete United States	10.17	Template:Flagathlete Americas	10.26	Template:Flagathlete Europe	10.28
200 metres	Template:Flagathlete Americas	20.34	Template:Flagathlete Europe	20.50	Template:Flagathlete Africa	20.69
400 metres	Template:Flagathlete Africa	45.39	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	46.06	Template:Flagathlete United States	46.12
800 metres	Template:Flagathlete Africa	1:47.69	Template:Flagathlete United States	1:47.85	Template:Flagathlete Europe	1:47.88
1500 metres	Template:Flagathlete Europe	3:46.00	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	3:46.13	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	3:46.30
5000 metres	Template:Flagathlete Africa	13:35.9	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	13:37.6	Template:Flagathlete Europe	13:38.6
10,000 metres	Template:Flagathlete Africa	27:53.07	Template:Flagathlete United States	27:59.55	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	28:25.17
110 metre hurdles	Template:Flagathlete United States	13.39	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	13.42	Template:Flagathlete Americas	13.44
400 metre hurdles	Template:Flagathlete United States	47.53	Template:Flagathlete Europe	48.71	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	48.97
3000 metre steeplechase	Template:Flagathlete Africa	8:25.97	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	8:29.28	Template:Flagathlete Europe	8:29.44
4×100 metre relay	Americas Osvaldo Lara Nelson dos Santos Silvio Leonard Altevir de Araújo	38.70	United States Mike Roberson Harvey Glance Mel Lattany Steve Riddick	38.77	Europe Jerzy Brunner Leszek Dunecki Zenon Licznerski Marian Woronin	38.85
4×400 metre relay	United States Herman Frazier Bill Green Willie Smith Tony Darden	3:00.70	Europe Ryszard Podlas Franz-Peter Hofmeister Harry Schulting Harald Schmid	3:00.80	Africa Billy Konchellah Dele Udo James Atuti Hassan El Kachief	3:01.22
High jump	Template:Flagathlete United States	2.27	Template:Flagathlete Europe	2.27	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	2.24
Pole vault	Template:Flagathlete United States	5.45	Template:Flagathlete Europe	5.45	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	5.30
Long jump	Template:Flagathlete United States	8.52	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	8.27	Template:Flagathlete Americas	8.22
Triple jump	Template:Flagathlete Americas	17.02	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	16.94	Template:Flagathlete Oceania	16.76
Shot put	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	20.45	Template:Flagathlete Europe	20.05	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	20.00
Discus throw	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	66.02	Template:Flagathlete United States	64.92	Template:Flagathlete Americas	63.50
Hammer throw	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	78.70	Template:Flagathlete Europe	75.88	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	74.82
Javelin throw	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	86.48	Template:Flagathlete Oceania	85.80	Template:Flagathlete Americas	83.44

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Template:Flagathlete United States	11.06	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	11.17	Template:Flagathlete Europe	11.36
200 metres	Template:Flagathlete United States	21.83	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	22.02	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	22.66
400 metres	Template:Flagathlete Europe	48.97	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	50.60	Template:Flagathlete Europe	51.15
800 metres	Template:Flagathlete Europe	2:00.52	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	2:01.09	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	2:01.33
1500 metres	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	4:06.881	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	4:08.73	Template:Flagathlete United States	4:09.16
3000 metres	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	8:36.34	Template:Flagathlete Europe	8:38.59	Template:Flagathlete United States	8:53.02
100 metre hurdles	Template:Flagathlete Europe	12.67	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	12.75	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	13.03
400 metre hurdles	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	55.83	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	56.02	Template:Flagathlete United States	56.75
4×100 metre relay	Europe Linda Haglund Chantal Réga Annegret Richter Heather Hunte	42.19	East Germany Christina Brehmer Romy Schneider Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	42.32	Soviet Union Vera Anisimova Olga Korotkova Marina Sidorova Lyudmila Kondratyeva	42.52
4×400 metre relay	East Germany Gabriele Kotte Christina Brehmer Brigitte Köhn Marita Koch	3:20.37	Soviet Union Irina Bagryantseva Tatyana Prorochenko Nina Zyuskova Mariya Kulchunova	3:23.04	United States Sharon Dabney Rosalyn Bryant Patricia Jackson Sherri Howard	3:27.36
High jump	Template:Flagathlete Americas	1.96	Template:Flagathlete Europe	1.94	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	1.90
Long jump	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	6.64	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	6.55	Template:Flagathlete United States	6.31
Shot put	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	20.98	Template:Flagathlete Europe	19.74	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	19.70
Discus throw	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	65.18	Template:Flagathlete Soviet Union	65.14	Template:Flagathlete Americas	62.84
Javelin throw	Template:Flagathlete East Germany	66.10	Template:Flagathlete Europe	65.82	Template:Flagathlete Americas	63.50

¹ Totka Petrova of Europe originally won the 1500m with 4:06.47, but she was disqualified after it was found that she had failed a doping test at the Balkan Games.

External links

• World Cup Results
• Full Results by IAAF